par Allen, Peter 
;Engelen, Guy;Sanglier, Michèle
Référence European journal of operational research, 25, 1, page (127-140)
Publication Publié, 1986-04
;Engelen, Guy;Sanglier, Michèle Référence European journal of operational research, 25, 1, page (127-140)
Publication Publié, 1986-04
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | An extension of the dynamic intra-urban model developed by the authors over recent years is presented. These improvements were carried out as a part of a projevt to model the spatial evolution of Belgium, and this application is briefly discussed. However tha main thrust of the paper is to show how our model generalises many of the well known 'economic/geographic laws' concerning location, socio-economic structures and the decay with distance of spatial interactions (e.g. Christaller, Weber, Reilly, Burgess, etc.). Indeed we show how the initially simple considerations, embodied in such laws, when put in a dynamic, non-linear context of mutual interactions, lead through the self-organization of the system to patterns characterised by anomalies and complexities of the real world. Perhaps in this way, our approach reveals the underlying regularities ('laws') of the system and at the same time the importance of time and evolution, in a proper understanding of the world around us. © 1986. |
